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UNITED sTATlazs PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS GARFINKEL, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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Y Be it known that LMARGUS GARFINKEL, a citizen of Russia, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safes', ofl which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to safes, vaults, and v safe deposit receptacles and has special reference to that class of safes ordinarily used in oliices and private residences.

The primary object of my invention is to furnish a safe of the above class with shiftable compartments that are concealed witha movement in synchronism when said operating means is broughtV into action t o shift the compartments in -a desired direction. p Another object of this invention is to provide' a safe with inner and outer doors,

the outer door having a novel locking mechanism which must be actuated before access Acan be had to the inner door, and the inner door contains mechanism for shifting` compartments Ywithin the safe and the mechanism must be actuated before the outer door is, opened.

A further object of my invention is to provide a safe having inner and outer doors equipped with mechanisms which must be successively operated, otherwise it is 1mpossible to reach the secret compartments within the safe.` i

A still further object of my invention is to provide a safe wherein the parts'are constructed with a view of reducing thevcost of manufacture and at the same time retain those features by which durability and ease of assembling are secured. With such ends in view, my invention resides in the novel Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 2 .Applicationiled February 13, 1920. Serial No. 358,540.

construction to be f hereinafter considered and then claimed and reference will now behad to the drawings, wherein- Y Figure l is a front elevation of the safe showing the doors thereof partly broken away and partly in section;

F ig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same, i

Fig.A 3 is a horizont-al sectional view of the same; v

Fig. ais a vertical transverse .sectional view of a portion ofthe safe, showing the inner door as partly. broken away and partly in section, and

Fig. 5 shows detail sectional views of permutation locksor operating devices forming part of the same.

In describing my invention by aid oftheviews above referred to, I desire to point out that the, same are intended as merely illustrative of an example whereby my invention may be put into practice, and I do not care to confine myself to the precise construction or arrangement of parts shown, other than as defined by the' appended claims. p

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 denotes a rectangularsafe body that may be a solid mass orv fabricated from structural steel, concrete, lire proof material or any material which will lend or contribute to safety of valuables placed within the body. In the body l, closer to the rear wall vthereof than the front wall, is a chamber 2 which is also rectangular and has its top and bottom `walls provided with rails or tracks 3 for the casters or trucks 4 of shiftable vertically disposed Vcompartments 5, said compartments being movable to and from each other andof such size as to occupy end portions of the chamber 2, as best shown in Fig. 3. vThe compartments 5 may be constructed of'sheet metal or a suitable material and eachy compartment may be provided with drawers' 6, pigeon holes, shelves, or any divisional construction for the reception of valuables. The ycompartments 5, when in inactive position are concealed behind vertical front walls 7 .in the vchamber 2 and said compartments are constructed of a size compared to the chamber 2, tooccupy the centralv portion of said chamber when in an active position, whereby easyy access can be had to the drawers 6 ofthe compartments. VThe compartments 5 are furthermore f constructed so that the con fronting or Vexposed walls thereof will-` be.. similar to the rear wall of.V the chamber 2 and with the compartments' o'in inactive -position, as shown in Fig. 3, said compartments will serve as movable side walls for.

the central portion of the chamber 2, and viewing said chamber from the doorway of the safe, it will be impossible to detect theV compartments 5 other than as forming the central chamber in the safe body 1.

The front wall of thesafe body 1V hasV aninner beveled Ydoorway 8 for a hollow inner door 9, which is'hinged in the doorway 8.- "lhe inner 'doorway 8 communicates with an outer stepped or chamfered doorway 11 provided witlra stepped hollow door 12, which is hinged to the front wall of the safe body 1, as at 13. Before `describing the inner and outer doors, it is thought best to again refer to the shiftable compartments 5 and the manner inA which said compart- Aments are articulated for movement in synchronism. l

At the front of thefchamberf2 and centrallyof the inner doorway 8 isiavertically disposed centerbar lerandrpmovable to and from this centerbar, in front of the partitions 7, are fendersxor gratings' 15 constructed so as tobe'ornamental and at the same time prevent .the hands from being inserted through the fenders into the chamber 2 Vof the` safe. The lreciproca-ble fenders 15 have the upper'and lower ends thereof provided with rollers or wheels 16 movable on rails .17 set in thertop and bottom walls of Y the top and bottom walls of said chamber.

In the chambers 19 are sprocket wheels 20 over which Vthe sprocket chains 18 y.are trained,A said sprocket chains lhaving the ends thereof attached tothe outer side walls of the compartments 5, so lthat when said compartments are shifted, to anlactive position the fenders ,1'5" are movedV away -Afrom the centerV bar 111 to an open position, thus permitting of easy access being had to the drawer 6 of the compartmentsp.

The center bar 14 and the rear wall of the chamber 2"coperate in supporting rotatable shafts 321 in superposed relation centrally of the chamber 2, and on these shafts are drums 22connec`ted by chains 2.3 orflexiblefmembers to the confronting wallsl of thevrcompartments 5, `and fwhen the shafts 21 are rotated the chains 23 are woundV on sprocket wheel 28 and the sprocket wheels` 26 are endless sprocket chains 3() and itis through the mediumV of these` sprocketv Vchains that the shafts 21l can'v be rotated" when rotative movement'isimparted to the socketv member 27j About the socketmember 27, betweenthe double sprocketY wheel 28 and the ratchet wheel 29., is a spiral band spring 3:1, which hasthe inner convolutions thereofA attached: to the socket member, and the outer convolutions thereof attached. to

the rear wallofthe inner` door, as'at 32, andv thejretractile forceof thisspringis adapted to impartmovement to the socket member 27 so that'the compartmentsl will'V be shifted toV active. positions. This is automatically accomplished whenV the socket member 27 is released bya pivoted pawl'v 331 engagingthe ratchet wheel 29. This is best shown in Fig." v@hand again referringv to Fig. 2 it will be noted that the pawl 33" is `carried by a socket member lfjournaled in the walls of the innerv door 9. The socket' member 34 is adapted to receive the. shank ofV a latch member 35` carried by the central bar 14 and said latch member4 is adapted to lock the fenders4 15 in engagement with each other. 4 Since thepawlBB andthe latch member 35 will Vbe lmoved' synchronism` by the socket member 34.,"itA is obvious that; the fenders 15 'can be simultaneously released with the ratchet wheelf29, thus permitting the spring-y 31 t'o shift the compartments 5 to an active position.`

Mounted in the outer hollow door 12 is a partition 36 and'slidable betweenv this partitionV and the inner wall ofj'the door are transversely disposed lockingplates 37, said. locking plates beinguarrangedat the top and bottom edges of the door so. as to extend into grooves 38 in thefsafe body 1 and thus firmlylockthe outerE door whenclosed. lThe locking'vplates? arelguided on rods 39 suitablyV mounted between the partition 36' and the innerY wall `of the outer ydoor 12,-and. and on the rodsI 39 are vcoiledV expansion springs 10 which assist in supportingthelocking plates, particularly the uppermostV plates, and permit of. the V locking plat'esMbeing easilyshifted tol locked positions in the grooves`3`8 'of the saffejbody.

The inner edges of the locking plates 37 are provided with bifurcated lugs 41 andpivotal'ly mounted in said bifurcated lugs are levers 42 having ends thereof pivotally supported, as at 43, on'the inner wall of the outer door 12. The opposite ends of said levers are pivotally connected to rack bars 44 v'movable against rollers 45 and retained in mesh with a pinion 46 common to both of said Vrack bars. The pinion 46 is carried by the Vthe reciprocable pin 48-is pushed inwardly and rotated.V To hold the pin 48 in a retracted or extended position, a coiled spring 49 encircles said pin within the cross head 47 and the hub portion thereof, and with said pin protruding from the door 12 and provided with a'hand piece 50, it is possible to easily manipulate said pin.

The cross head 47 is adapted to be locked against rotation by spring pressed reciprocable members 51 arranged in guide brackets 52, carried by the partition 36, said reciprocable members being pressed by coiled springs 53 at the outer ends thereof.

Journaled in the front wall of the outer door 12 and the partition 36 thereof are the arbors 54 and 55 of permutation devices or locks including knobs 56, and dials 57. Any well known type of permutation mechanism can lbe used and forms no part of this nvention other than affording a locking means for the arbors 54 and 55. This construction is best shown in Figs. 1 and 5 where it will be noted that the inner ends of the arbors 54 and 55 have cam members 58 extending into the reciprocable members 51 to hold said members against accidental movement, and the cams 58 may be properly shifted by the arbors 54 and 55 to release the reciprocable members 51.

Loose on the arbor is a sleeve 59 having a crank handle 60 at the outer end thereof. The inner end of the sleeve 59 has a sprocket wheel 61, a shifting disk 62 and a shifting finger 63.

On the arbor 54 is a loose sprocket wheel 64 having an integral shifting disk 65, and these two last mentioned elements are in a vertical plane with the sprocket wheel of the arbor 55 so that an endless sprocket chain 66 may be trainedover the sprocket wheels 61 and 64.

After the arbors 54 and 55 have been properly rotated to cause the cams 58 to release the reciprocable members 51, said reciprocable members may be shifted to release the cross head 47 by rotating the sleeve 59 which through the medium of the sprocket wheels 61 and'64, sprocket chain 66, andy .shifting disks 62 andk .65 cause the reciprocable members 51 to be retracted.

On the inner'side ofthe front. wall of the outer door 12 are vertical guides-67 for a pin lockingplate 68, said plate Ahaving ank opening 69 providing clearance for the reciprocable pin 48, when said .plate is raised, otherwise, the plate 68 extends behind an annular shoulder'70 of the reciprocable pin 48 and prevents said pin from being pushed inwardly to enter the socket member 2 .Y The pin locking plate 68 is nor- `mally retained in a lowered positionY by a spring 71 pressing on the upper edge thereof, and in order that said plate may be raised itphas a side extension 72 adapted to be engaged by the finger 63 ofthe sleeve 59l on the arbor 55.

The inner door 9 has a conventional form of lock 73, as best shown in Fig. 4.

To successfully open the safe, without injuring any parts thereof, it is necessary that the permutation devices be properly actuated in order that the cams 58 thereof will release the reciprocable members 51. After this has been accomplished, the crank or handle 60 may be operated. to rotate the disks .in synchronism and cause the reciprocable members 51 to be retracted in the springs 53. Simultaneous with this operation the finger 63 raises the pin locking plate 68 and the reciprocable pin-48 may now be manipulated. The pin 48 may-be rotated through the medium of the hand piece 50 Vand the vpinion 46 will shift the rack bars 44 and move the levers 42 so that the locking plates 37 will be retracted against the action of the springs 40, thus releasing the upper and lower edges of the outer door 12 so that said door Ymay be swun on its hinges 13 to an open position. owever, before the outer door is opened, it is necessary for the socket member 34 to be turned to 'elevate the pawl 33 and release the retractile force of the spring 31 and the compartments 5 will be shifted to an active position. Vith the fenders 15 open access may be had to the drawer 6 in said compartments.

As soon as thecompartments 5 have been shifted to active positions the inner door 9 can be unlocked and swung on its hinges so that access may be had to said compartments. v 4

It is thought that the operation of closing the safe will be apparent without further description, and it is obvious that some of the features of my invention may be embodied in safes constructed other than disclosed in the accompanying drawings.

What I claim is :f f

1. A safe compnising a body having a chamber therein, shiftable compartments in l guides 52 against the expansive forceof the y ,lof

the chamber of Vsaid safe body and movable to and from` each other, a door :for the safe, and `means carried by saidy door adapted .for shifting, said compartments, said means 'including a reciprocable and ro.- tatablepin for moving said compartments away from eachother and a spring for moving said compartments. toward each other. v

wherein the compartments are concealed at thesides of thev body chamber when in inactive position, and Jfenders adapted to closesaid body chamber. Y

3. A--safe comprisinga 4body Vhaving a chamber therein, reciprocable fenders closing said body chamber, shiftable compartments in said bodyV chamber, means connecting said fenders and compartments'for movement together, and-means adapted `for moving said compartments and fenders.v

4. A safe comprising a body having a chamber therein, fenders closing said Vbody chamber, an inner door carried by said safel body, an outer door carried by said safe body, means in said inner door for opening said fenders, and means in said outer door for oprating the means of said inner door.

5. A safe as. characterized in claim .4, wherein the means of said inner door includes `flexible members and a spring, and

Y2. Arrsafe Vas characterized in. claim 1,..Y

ments, and meansxin said outer door` adapted for operating the means of said inner .door.

7. A safe as characterized in claim G, wherein the means of vsaidl inner door in-V ,cludes sprocket Wheels and chains, `and the means of said outer door includes a rota'- table pin;

8. A safe comprising a body having a chamber therein, shiiftable compartments normally concealed in the sides of said chamber, means connecting the confronting Walls of said compartments adaptedV for "moving said.- compartments toward each other, means connecting the outer Walls oi said compartments Vadapted for moving said compartments away trom each other, a door 'for the chamber o said safe body, and

means carried by said'l-door adapted for operating said chamber moving means.

9. A safe comprising a.V body having a chamber therein, shiftable compartments in said chamber and adapted to be concealed therein, an inner dooriforsaid body chamber, an outer door orsaid body chamber, means carried by said inner door, and operatable only when said doory is closed for shir'ting the compartments in 'said body chamber, and means carried by said outer Y door and operatable only when said door is closed for actuating 4the means of said inner door. f

In testimony ivhereof. I aiiiX my signa-` ture in the presence ofV two. witnesses.

i y Masons GaiiriNKnL.

Vitnesses: i

ANNA M. Donn,

` Kann H. BUTLER. 

